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Greatest Football Names of all time (1 Viewer)

Kevrunner said:
I remember watching college football when I was a kid and I have never been able to forget this player's name:Sonny Sixkiller
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Me neither...he came to my youth football awards dinner when he was a senior at UW, and signed footballs all night long with a smile, forfree. My main fantasy team is named for him---and yeah, minus the bigots in the front office then, he could have played in the NFL. In the Hall of Names for certain :goodposting:
 
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Krewe said:
Kevrunner said:
I remember watching college football when I was a kid and I have never been able to forget this player's name:Sonny Sixkiller
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Me neither...he came to my youth football awards dinner when he was a senior at UW, and signed footballs all night long with a smile, forfree. My main fantasy team is named for him---and yeah, minus the bigots in the front office then, he could have played in the NFL. In the Hall of Names for certain :lmao:
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I was going to mention him in the original post, but I didn't because Sixkiller was only a nickname, and he wasn't referred as Sonny Sixkiller as his name.
 
Az Hakim

Ed "Too Tall" Jones

Lem Barney

Jim Kiick (yes, two "i"'s)

Jim and Jack Youngblood

Flipper Anderson

Fred Dean

Ali Haji-Sheikh

Billy "White Shoes" Johnson

 
Andy Herron said:
Hoss_Cartwright said:
Andy Herron said:
Az Hakim

Ed "Too Tall" Jones

Lem Barney

Jim Kiick (yes, two "i"'s)

Jim and Jack Youngblood

Flipper Anderson

Fred Dean

Ali Haji-Sheikh

Billy "White Shoes" Johnson
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Fixed.
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Those are/were their official names as referred to and listed in official archives.Just saying. So you didn't "fix" anything.

To add-

Conrad Dobler

Matt Suey
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Sorry you don't see the difference between a player with a cool name and one that's just a nickname. Somehow I don't think Billy Johnson's mother referred to him as "White Shoes".
 
Joe Kapp

Oscar Gamble

Red Schoendienst

Harry Carey

Bake McBride

Orlando Cepeda

Dizzy Dean

Ashley Amborse

Darren Hambrick

Tiki Burden

Mordicai "Three Finger" Brown

Louie Orr

O made me remember

David Overstreet

John Outlaw (I played HS against a guy named Johnny Outlaw)

 
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Hoss_Cartwright said:
Krewe said:
Kevrunner said:
I remember watching college football when I was a kid and I have never been able to forget this player's name:Sonny Sixkiller
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Me neither...he came to my youth football awards dinner when he was a senior at UW, and signed footballs all night long with a smile, forfree. My main fantasy team is named for him---and yeah, minus the bigots in the front office then, he could have played in the NFL. In the Hall of Names for certain :thumbup:
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I was going to mention him in the original post, but I didn't because Sixkiller was only a nickname, and he wasn't referred as Sonny Sixkiller as his name.
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Nope. Sixkiller is his real name, but Sonny is his nickname. Alexander Sixkiller is his legal name, and even without Sonny, still qualifies for the Hall of Great Names. That, added with the fact he was in the original and best version of The Longest Yard---means lock it.
 
Krewe said:
Hoss_Cartwright said:
Krewe said:
Kevrunner said:
I remember watching college football when I was a kid and I have never been able to forget this player's name:Sonny Sixkiller
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Me neither...he came to my youth football awards dinner when he was a senior at UW, and signed footballs all night long with a smile, forfree. My main fantasy team is named for him---and yeah, minus the bigots in the front office then, he could have played in the NFL. In the Hall of Names for certain :thumbup:
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I was going to mention him in the original post, but I didn't because Sixkiller was only a nickname, and he wasn't referred as Sonny Sixkiller as his name.
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Nope. Sixkiller is his real name, but Sonny is his nickname. Alexander Sixkiller is his legal name, and even without Sonny, still qualifies for the Hall of Great Names. That, added with the fact he was in the original and best version of The Longest Yard---means lock it.
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I stand corrected, I should have included him in the original list.
 
Thre first name I thought of Ironhead Haywood. Then I remembered Craig as his true first name, so he's not a good canidate. WR Golden Richards and DB Spider Lockhart NYG are ideal. Let's also add WR Mike Quick PHI to the consideration list.

A funny-true name story for you... While I was listening to a NCAA radio game in the background, the OSU announcers kept saying.. "The enemy gains 8 yards and a first down.", "The enemy scores.", and so forth. It wasn't until halftime stats were announced that I knew why the announcer was calling the young RB Eric Bieniemy, the enemy. He finished third in the Heisman voting the following season and was a very very good NCAA player. but image hearing the play-by-play of his efforts without the benefit of knowing his name. -Grin-

 
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George Sauer

Matt Snell

Emerson Boozer

DJ Dozier

Cliff Branch

Jim Plunkett

Bronko Nagurski

Buck Buchanan

**** "Night Train" Lane

Russell Erxleben

Golden Richards

Chip Glass

Jack Ham

Roman Gabriel

Lynn Swann

Ray Nitschke

Seneca Wallace

Sam Huff

Qadry Ismail

Bart Starr

Rick Upchurch

(Misc.)

Livingstone Bramble

**** Trickle

Ford Frick

(MLB)

Eliis Valentine

Darryl Strawberry

Chet Lemon

Bill Stoneman

(Country) Enos Slaughter

Branch Rickey

Tris Speaker

Honus Wagner

Andy Messerschmidt

Curt Flood

Davey Lopes

Brook Jacoby

Johnny Sain

Rob Deer

Norm Cash

Cesar Geronimo

Amos Otis

Gene Tenace

Favorite nicknames:

Paul "Big Poison" Waner

Lloyd "Little Poison" Warner

Harvey "Too Mean" Martin

 
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Hoss_Cartwright said:
Andy Herron said:
Az Hakim

Ed "Too Tall" Jones

Lem Barney

Jim Kiick (yes, two "i"'s)

Jim and Jack Youngblood

Flipper Anderson

Fred Dean

Ali Haji-Sheikh

Billy "White Shoes" Johnson
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Fixed.
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You didn't really fix it, As "Flipper" is also a nickname Willie "Flipper" AndersonAs a Dolphin fan I always liked

A.J. Duhe (are initials nicknames?)

 
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